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Arizona's 9th congressional district was created as a result of the 2010 Census.[3] The first candidates ran in the 2012 House elections, and the first representative was seated for the 113th Congress in 2013.

Arizona's 9th congressional district
Arizona's 9th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative	Greg Stanton D–Phoenix
Population (2021)	785,235[1]
Median household income	$69,645[1]
Ethnicity	56.8% White 27.2% Hispanic 5.4% Black 4.8% Asian 3.0% other 2.8% Two or more races
Cook PVI	D+9[2]

The district is located entirely within Maricopa County. Most of the old 5th district became the new 9th; 60 percent of the 9th's territory came from the old 5th.[4] It is centered around Tempe and includes southern Scottsdale, western Mesa, northwestern Chandler, and southern Phoenix including the Ahwatukee district.

As of the 2012 general election, there were 344,770 registered voters. Of these, 118,077 (34.2%) were registered Republican, 107,123 (31.1%) were registered Democratic, 3,232 (0.9%) were registered Libertarian, and 761 (0.2%) were registered Green. A substantial number, 115,531 (33.5%) were independents.[5] It is split between liberal bastions such as Tempe (home to Arizona State University), strongly conservative portions of the East Valley, and more moderate Republicans in eastern and southern Phoenix.[6]

The district was one of seven across the United States whose winner was not declared on 2012 election night.[7] Although Democratic candidate Kyrsten Sinema held a narrow lead over Republican candidate Vernon Parker, the number of provisional and absentee ballots to be counted significantly exceeded the margin between the two.[7] Sinema was officially declared the winner on November 12, 2012.[8] Sinema was easily reelected in both 2014 and 2016.

Sinema gave up the seat to run for Senate in 2018 to replace retiring U.S. Senator Jeff Flake. Former Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton was elected to succeed her.

Election results in statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2012	President	Obama 51 - 47%
2016	President	Clinton 55 - 38%
2020	President	Biden 61 - 37%

List of members representing the district

Arizona began sending a ninth member to the House after the 2010 Census, the 2012 Congressional election, and the convening of the 113th Congress.

Representative (Residence)	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District created January 3, 2013
Kyrsten Sinema (Phoenix)	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2019	113th 114th 115th	Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Retired to run for U.S. senator.	2013–present Part of Maricopa
Greg Stanton (Phoenix)	Democratic	January 3, 2019 – present	116th 117th	Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Redistricted to the 4th district.
Paul Gosar (Prescott)	Republican	January 3, 2023 –		Redistricted from the 4th district. Re-elected in 2022.

Complete election results

2012

As the result of the closed primary on August 28, 2012, Democrat Kyrsten Sinema faced Republican Vernon Parker in the November 6 general election. Sinema was the first candidate to announce an intention to run.[9] A former member of both the Arizona House of Representatives and the Arizona State Senate, until resigning to launch her House campaign in Arizona's 9th congressional district, she was endorsed by EMILY's List, AFL-CIO, The Professional Firefighters of Arizona, Former Congressman Sam Coppersmith, among others.[10]

On January 11, 2012, Republican Travis Grantham announced that he was running.[11]

Arizona State Senate Minority Leader David Schapira announced his candidacy on January 17, 2012. Schapira was born in the district, had resided there for most of his life, and represented Tempe and South Scottsdale in the Arizona state legislature at the time of his candidacy.[12]

On February 9, 2012, former Clinton White House aide and Arizona prosecutor Andrei Cherny launched his bid for Congress in the new district.[13] Cherny was Chair of the Arizona Democratic Party. His campaign slogan was "Save the Middle Class," and he campaigned on "putting our government back on the side of Arizona's families."[14] He served as an Assistant Attorney General under Terry Goddard and worked in the Clinton White House. Cherny was endorsed by Bill Clinton in July 2012.[15]

On February 22, 2012, Republican Martin Sepulveda declared his candidacy for the 9th congressional district. Martin Sepulveda is a former Chandler City Councilman, a business owner, and a Commander in the United States Navy having served four tours in Afghanistan and Iraq. On March 3, 2012, Lieutenant Colonel Wendy Rogers (Ret.) announced her candidacy for the 9th congressional district.[16] Rogers and husband Hal Kunen, along with children George and Emily, settled in Tempe in 1996 upon their retirement from the United States Air Force. Rogers is a Republican.

Leah Campos Schandlbauer announced her candidacy March 26, 2012.[17] She is a former CIA operations officer and a conservative Republican.[18]

Arizona’s 9th congressional district general election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kyrsten Sinema	121,881	48.66%
	Republican	Vernon B. Parker	111,630	44.56%
	Libertarian	Powell Gammill	16,620	6.63%
	Write-In	Write-ins	363	0.14%
Plurality			10,251	4.10%
Total votes			250,494	100.00
	Democratic gain from new constituency

2014

Arizona’s 9th congressional district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kyrsten Sinema (incumbent)	88,609	54.68%
	Republican	Wendy Rogers	67,841	41.86%
	Libertarian	Powell Gammill	5,612	3.46%
Total votes			162,062	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016

2016 Arizona’s 9th congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kyrsten Sinema (incumbent)	169,055	60.9
	Republican	Dave Giles	108,350	39.1
	Green	Cary Dolego (write-in)	60	0.0
	Independent	Axel Bello (write-in)	46	0.0
Total votes			277,507	100.0
	Democratic hold

2018

2018 Arizona's 9th congressional district election[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Greg Stanton	146,659	60.87	-0.07%
	Republican	Steve Ferrara	94,264	39.13	+0.07%
Margin of victory			52,395	21.74	-0.14%
Total votes			240,923	100.0%	-13.18%
	Democratic hold		Swing	+0.07%

2020

2020 Arizona's 9th congressional district election[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Greg Stanton (incumbent)	217,094	61.63	+0.76%
	Republican	Dave Giles	135,180	38.37	-0.76%
Margin of victory			81,914	23.25	+1.52%
Total votes			352,274	100.0%	+46.22%
	Democratic hold		Swing	+0.76%

Notes

Arizona will hold their Primary Elections on August 2, 2022.[21] Due to redistricting, the Congressional District numbers in Arizona have changed for the 2022 Election Cycle. Through this process, the district numbers have changed the following ways:[22]

·       Arizona's 1st Congressional District will become Arizona's 2nd Congressional District

·       Arizona's 2nd Congressional District will become Arizona's 6th Congressional District

·       Arizona's 3rd Congressional District will become Arizona's 7th Congressional District

·       Arizona's 4th Congressional District will become Arizona's 9th Congressional District

·       Arizona's 5th Congressional District will remain Arizona's 5th Congressional District

·       Arizona's 6th Congressional District will become Arizona's 1st Congressional District

·       Arizona's 7th Congressional District will become Arizona's 3rd Congressional District

·       Arizona's 8th Congressional District will remain Arizona's 8th Congressional District

·       Arizona's 9th Congressional District will become Arizona's 4th Congressional District

There are currently nine (9) declared candidates for Arizona's new 9th Congressional District for the 2022 Election Cycle.[22]

2022 Arizona's New 9th Congressional District Primary Elections
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Paul Gosar *	TBD	TBD
Republican	Christopher Berry	TBD	TBD
Republican	Brandon DeHart	TBD	TBD
Republican	Jeremy Ford	TBD	TBD
Republican	Randy Kutz	TBD	TBD
Republican	Michael Rebeiro	TBD	TBD
Republican	Alex Stovall	TBD	TBD
Republican	Jacob Velez	TBD	TBD
Democratic	Matt Daniel	TBD	TBD
Democratic	Judy Stahl	TBD	TBD
Independent	Gareth Gilsdorf	TBD	TBD

The incumbent office holder is denoted by an *. Any rumored candidates are denoted by an +.

References

External links

• Maps of Congressional Districts first in effect for the 2002 election
• Final Congressional Maps for the 2012 election
• Rose Institute of State and Local Government, "Arizona: 2010 Redistricting Changes: Ninth District", Redistricting by State, Claremont, CA: Claremont McKenna College, archived from the original on September 15, 2020

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